Arkadiy D. Paskevich

Arkadiy Dmytrovich Paskevich (15 June 1873-15 February 1918) was a general of the Ukrainian National Republic during the Russian Civil War. Paskevich was defeated by the Russian SFSR at Poltava in 1917, and he was executed in captivity by the Cheka.

Biography
Arkadiy Dmytrovich Paskevich was born on 15 June 1873 in Pervomaisk, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), and he served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Paskevich was a colonel in command of a Russian regiment by 1917, fighting against Austria-Hungary in Eastern Galicia. When news arrived of the October Revolution in October 1917, Paskevich and his 3,000 troops mutinied against the new government of the Russian SFSR and joined the army of the Ukrainian National Republic. His army was crushed by the Bolsheviks at Poltava, and Paskevich's mutiny came to an end soon after it began. Paskevich would be arrested and executed by the Cheka for treason.